CSG Species Accounts: Caracal (Caracal caracal) [North Africa and Southwest Asia]

References:

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Weisbein, Y. 1989. [The biology and ecology of the caracal (Felis caracal) in the Aravah Valley of Israel.] M.S. thesis, Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv (in Yiddish with English summary).

Weisbein, Y. and Mendelssohn, H. 1990. The biology and ecology of the caracal Felis caracal in the northern Aravah Valley of Israel. Cat News 12:20-22, Bougy-Villars, Switzerland.

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